GEORGETTE CHEN: AT HOME IN THE WORLD CHUA EK KAY

GEORGETTE CHEN: AT HOME IN THE WORLD CHUA EK KAYOne of Singapore's most significant modern artists, Georgette Chen's love of painting was the mainstay of her eventful and peripatetic life: across the world, through two World Wars, and two Chinese Revolutions, her commitment to her practice never waned. Georgette Chen: At Home in the World accompanies Chen's survey exhibition at National Gallery Singapore, which holds the world's largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian modern art.

his invention of what he terms paperdyesculp‚ a malleable mixture of pulp

early 20th century

Written by Pauline Ang110 √ó 165 mm64 pages

Chinese Junks

this unique pop-up bouquet will light up the day of anyone who receives it

The ambi (tear-drop shape) and Tree of life motifs on this textile reveal connections to Indian cloths traded to Southeast Asia from the 13th century onward

Image courtesy of Damian Griffiths

With a humanist's eye

Gift of Ika

Blacksmith

The sombre colours suggest that it was worn during a three-year mourning period

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